John Lennon - Imagine ...All The Outtakes (1994) FLAC

GENRE: Rock
FORMAT:Lossless (FLAC)
SIZE: (495+495+79) mb (3% Recovery)

Released in 1994. Rated #53 in the best bootlegs of 1994, and #1149 in the greatest all-time.
Unless you’re the hard core type that just has to have it all, a Beatles bootleg is only as good as its quality. These outtakes from John Lennon’s 1971 Imagine sessions are some of the best. As listeners already know, soon after the stripped-bare Plastic Ono Band album, Lennon developed a bad habit of over-producing some of his work, famously adding effects to his vocals because – as hard as it is to believe – he had issues with the sound of his own voice. You can’t call these recordings ‘raw,’ because a majority of this stuff is studio clean. Pre-produced, if you will, without the annoying echo and overdubs that could sometimes obscure the purity of Lennon’s studio recordings. The first disc here is ostensibly an ‘alternate’ version of Imagine, while disc three sports a great series of rehearsals for “How Do You Sleep” (note how Lennon suggests incorporating some reggae… in 1971!?). Some ragged, bootleg-typical early demos are tagged on to the end. Overall, though, this is a great overview of the Imagine sessions, with quality sound that should provide repeat listening value. Includes George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann and Alan White.

TRACKLIST:

CD 1:
01 - Imagine - version 2, take 1 (3:15)
02 - Crippled Inside - take 17 (3:46)
03 - Jealous Guy - take 2 (4:25)
04 - It's So Hard - take 2 (2:27)
05 - I Don't Want To Be A Soldier, I Don't Want To Die - take 2 (5:38)
06 - Give Me Some Truth - alternate vocal (3:35)
07 - Oh My Love - take 2 (2:54)
08 - How Do You Sleep? - alternate vocal (6:45)
09 - How - alternate vocal (3:41)
10 - Oh Yoko! - take 9 (5:46)
11 - Just A Little Story... - studio monologue (0:33)
12 - Well (Baby Please Don't Go) - take 1 (5:51)

CD 2:
13 - Imagine - take 1 (3:07)
14 - Imagine - take 2 (2:55)
15 - Imagine - take 3 (3:10)
16 - Imagine - alternate vocal (3:10)
17 - Crippled Inside - take 2 (3:49)
18 - Jealous Guy - take 1 (4:10)
19 - Jealous Guy - take 7 (4:08)
20 - Jealous Guy - vocal take 20 (4:11)
21 - I Don't Want To Be A Soldier, I Don't Want To Die - take 1 with sax (5:47)
22 - I Don't Want To Be A Soldier, I Don't Want To Die - alternate mix (5:51)
23 - Oh My Love - alternate take 1a (2:49)
24 - Oh My Love - alternate take 1b (2:50)
25 - How? - take 12 (3:47)
26 - How? - alternate vocal b (3:43)
27 - How? - original take 2 (3:42)
28 - Oh Yoko! - take 7 (4:11)
29 - I'm The Greatest - piano demo (2:41)
30 - Imagine - rehearsal (2:57)
31 - San Francisco Bay Blues - impromptu studio solo (1:14)

CD 3:
32 - How Do You Sleep? - rehearsal 1 (1:52)
33 - Tuning Jam (0:39)
34 - How Do You Sleep? - rehearsal 2 (4:22)
35 - How Do You Sleep? - rehearsal 3 (7:36)
36 - How Do You Sleep? - version 2 (5:46)
37 - How Do You Sleep? - take 2 (8:10)
38 - How Do You Sleep? - version 3 (6:35)
39 - How Do You Sleep? - alternate vocal b (6:14)
40 - Oh My Love - acoustic demo a (late 1968) (1:25)
41 - Oh My Love - acoustic demo b (late 1968) (1:24)
42 - How? - piano demo (late 1970) (4:32)
43 - People Get Ready-How? - piano demo (late 1970 - early 1971) (3:03)
44 - How-Child Of Nature-Oh Yoko - piano demo (late 1970 - early 1971) (4:26)
45 - Oh Yoko! - acoustic demo (mid 1969) (4:37)
46 - Oh Yoko! - piano demo (late 1970 - early 1971) (0:56)
47 - It's So Hard - sax overdub (7-4-71 NYC) (6:53)
48 - I Don't Want To Be A Soldier, I Don't Want To Die - sax overdub (7-4-71 NYC) (4:25)
49 - How Do You Sleep? (reprise) (0:19)




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